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HRC President tells GSN: 'We don't necessarily always agree on everything but he is a true legend and there are few in this world that I have more respect for than Larry Kramer'

Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin had nothing but good things to say about Larry Kramer despite the legendary activist and author's blasting of HRC in a recent interview.

'Larry is a real hero to me and I have great, great respect for him,' Griffin told Gay Star News at the HRC Dinner in Los Angeles on Saturday (14 March). 'We don't necessarily always agree on everything but he is a true legend and there are few in this world that I have more respect for than Larry Kramer.'

Makers of Battlefield and the Mass Effect series of video games, Electronic Arts has yet again been given a perfect LGBTI workplace equality score by the Human Rights Campaign - cementing its place as one of the most inclusive employers in the work

Electronic Arts (EA), one of the world’s top producers of video games has solidified its reputation as one of the most LGBTI friendly companies, being awarded a perfect score by the Human Rights Campaign for the third year in a row when it comes to LGBTI inclusion.

The Human Rights Campaign chose four main criteria for how it determined LGBTI workplace inclusiveness this year.

HRC's Chad Griffin says US president also 'side-stepped' commitment to sign executive order prohibiting discrimination by federal contractors

In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday (28 January), US President Barack Obama had been expected to make some mention of the long-stalled Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

It did not happen.

Known as ENDA, the act would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal anti-discrimination protections. It has been introduced in all but one Congress since 1994 and never had enough support for passage.

The HRC, a US gay rights group, uses the report to assess the wider cultural implications of Obama’s willingness to freely use LGBTI vocabulary in his vernacular as it also analyses his use of the words ‘bisexual’, ‘lesbian’ and ‘transgender’ in his official statements.

'Governor Herbert has once again planted himself firmly on the side of discrimination by preserving the second-class status he believes gay and lesbian Utahans merit,' Griffin said in a strongly-worded statement.

'The IOC has completely neglected its responsibility to athletes, corporate sponsors, and fans'

The largest LGBT rights group in the US is blasting the International Olympic Committee for not taking a stand against Russia's anti-gay propagenda law.

At a press conference Thursday (26 September), IOC chairman Jean-Claude Killy stated that unless the Olympic Charter is clearly violated, 'the IOC doesn't have the right to discuss the ... laws that are in place in the country hosting the games.'

Chad Griffin says network has 'unique opportunity and a responsibility to expose this inhumane and unjust law to millions of American viewers'

With the Winter Olympics less than six months away and Russia now enforcing a series of new anti-gay laws, the president of the Human Rights Campaign sees an opportunity to expose what is happening there.

Chad Griffin is calling on NBC Universal, the exclusive US broadcaster of the games, to cover more than the popular skating, skiing and sledding competitions when competition begins in Sochi, a Russian town on the Black Sea.

Governor Jan Brewer had sought to strip partners of state employees of benefits

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's efforts to strip benefits from the domestic partners of state employees was rejected by the US Supreme Court today.

The court dismissed Brewer's petition to overturn a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth District. That court had ruled that Arizona violated the constitutional rights of state employees by passing a law in 2009 which denied them domestic partner benefits.

While savoring victory, speakers also focus on 37 states without marriage equality

West Hollywood became the epicenter for celebrating the end of California's Proposition 8 Wednesday evening and into early Thursday morning.

Before packing into the city's bars, clubs and restaurants for individual celebrations, several thousands of people converged for a spirited rally featuring Prop. 8 plaintiffs Kris Perry and Sandy Stier and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo.

The group had arrived straight from the airport after starting their day at the US Supreme Court.

The United States Supreme Court stepped into the forefront of the gay marriage debate Friday (7 December) by agreeing to review cases involving California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The justices are expected to hear arguments in the cases by next April and could deliver a decision by June 2013.

The justices will consider whether Proposition 8 violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. The ballot initiative banning gay marriage in California was passed by voters in the state in November 2008.